Fatty acid variation in seed oil among ocimum species

JAOCS, Journal of the American Oil Chemists' Society

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 393-395

  Angers, Paul ^a   Morales, Mario R ^a   Simon, James E ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Basil; Edible oil; Fatty acids; Lamiaceae; Linolenic acid; Linseed oil; O. basilicum; O. canum; O. gratissimum; O. sanctum; Ocimum; Seed oil

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001653415     PISSN: 0003021X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02523437     Document Type: Article

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